Aroostook War

The Aroostook War (1838-1839), also called the Pork and Beans War, was a confrontation between the United States and the United Kingdom that occurred on the Maine-New Brunswick border. The "war" resulted from American irridentism in the Caribou region of Maine, and standoffs between loggers in the region led to militias being mobilized. Congress appropriated $10,000,000 and raised 50,000 troops in the case of a war with the British over Caribou, but the international incident would end without a single combat death; 38 people died from non-combat causes, while 2 British men were injured. The issue was resolved with the 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty, which defined the borders between the USA and Canada and ceded Caribou to America. This was one of many instances in which the US-Canada boundary dispute was solved diplomatically during the 19th century.